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Jaladdin
Chapter 1: Ninja Nights
Three people were riding on a cart through a forest. They all had Chinese hats on, one was a man with graying, brown hair, the other two were robots—one looked like a gumball machine with a beak and the other was bronze with a long mouth and a net thing on the back of its head.
Man: Oh, we come from a land,
A faraway place, where the swordsmen and warlords roam.
Bronze Robot: Where they can cut off your nose, if they don't like your face...
"So it's New Jersey?" the gumball machine robot asked.
"What? No." The bronze robot answered.
"Well, I just figured, y'know, since people can cut off someone else's nose just for not liking their face." The first robot explained, "I COULD'VE said Mexico, but people would've gotten on my case for that..."
"No, Tom, ya just ruined the song!" the other robot shouted.
"Hey, guys, calm down." The man said, "How about we just say..."
Man: It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.
"Well, that works, too." The first robot conceded.
Gumball Robot: When there's wind in the east and the sun's over-head
And the sand in the glass is right...
"Oh great, now you're openly STEALING from Aladdin!" the bronze robot muttered.
"Hey, did I interrupt your bit?" the first robot asked.
"YES." the second robot answered, irritably.
Man: Come on down, stop on by, just bring a sword, then just fly
Into another Konoha night!
The forest cleared to show a city surrounding a large mountain with four heads carved into its side.
"Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln!" the second robot exclaimed.
No. Shut up and let ME tell the story.
"Fine." The second robot sighed, "Pushy narrator, trying to keep the story FLOWING."
DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO SHUT UP?! Now, where was I...oh yes!
The cart pulled into the village as the three continued singing. Passers-by were giving them odd looks as they walked by, but ultimately shrugged it off.
All three: Konoha nights!
Like Konoha days!
Where, with qualms or not,
Are evaded and fought,
If it's a good day!
Konoha nights!
'Neath Konoha moons...
A fool off his guard could get stabbed and stabbed HARD!
First robot: Right into his boons!
"Was that really necessary?" The man asked as the cart came to a halt and the driver quickly booted them out.
"FINALLY." the driver sighed, starting up the cart and going away as fast as he could.
A kid with bright, blue eyes, spiky blonde hair and clad in an orange jumpsuit walked over. His name was Naruto. He looked over at the three and asked, "Hey, are you guys alright?"
"Oh, hi, everyone, I'm Mike Nelson." The man murmured pushing himself up with his two robot friends. Whether or not he heard Naruto was unknown, "These are Tom Servo..."
"Check me out!" Tom Servo (the gumball machine robot) exclaimed.
"And CROW." Mike concluded.
"I'm different!" CROW (the bronze robot) said.
"O-kay, that's nice to know." Naruto said, looking a little freaked as he began to back off.
"Well, we're here to tell ya a story and sell our merchandise!" Mike said, "Guys, get out the stand."
CROW pulled out a stand labeled "Odds and Ends Pawn Shop 3000". Tom dropped various objects onto it. Naruto looked confused as to where those objects came from.
"Yes, any of these products can be yours for $9.95, no ups, no extras!" Tom said, "Here, we have this magnificent Julienne Fries Maker fresh from the Planet of the Apes..."
"YOU MANIACS!" a random passerby shouted.
"Ah, who asked you?" Tom shot back.
"The Kathy Arlong's Fabulous Range Of Emotions Guessing Game..." CROW added.
"And this RIKOCHET Barbeque Sauce!" Mike concluded, a giant, orange foam hat appearing on his head only to get knocked off.
"Uh...yeah, VERY interesting." Naruto said, looking terrified as he turned to run away.
"Wait, don't go!" Mike called, darting in front of Naruto, "I see you're in the mood for a story worth telling, eh? How about the one behind THIS?"
Mike pulled up a wand with a big, gold star on the tip.
"Do not be deceived by appearances." Mike said, "Because it's not what's on the outside, it's what's INSIDE that counts!"
"Also useful for roasting marshmallows!" Tom Servo inserted.
"Lemme go, guys!" Naruto shouted, "I've got places to go!"
"This isn't an ordinary wand!" Mike shouted, rushing in front of Naruto, "Ya see, it once belonged to a young outcast who, like this wand, was FAR more than what he seemed."
"Really?" Naruto asked, suddenly sounding interested.
"Yes, he was a special kid. A diamond in the rough, if you will." Tom Servo said.
"Or, more accurately, a diamond among gravel." CROW inserted.
"Wanna hear the story?" Mike asked.
"Sure!" Naruto grinned.
"Well, it begins like THIS..." Mike said, waving the wand.
(POOF!)
The story began in the middle of a dense forest at the dead of night. Outside stood a man with white skin, yellow eyes, and oily, black hair. Fluttering next to him was a giant wasp. Someone panted as he came to a halt in front of the pale man.
"He's sitting there waiting for a birthday party to break out around him." Mike said.
BANG!
Now, no more interruptions, GOT IT?
"Yes, sir." Mike, Tom, and CROW answered, timidly.
Good. Now, back to the story.
"You are late." The man said in a voice that sounded like something that crawled into a cave and died.
"Sorry about that." Apologized the person. He was a short, green, anthropomorphic hawk with gloves and boots, "Traffic was bad and I had to kick over an old lady."
"Did you bring it, Jet?" The tall man asked.
"Yeah, kinda had to blow up an orphanage, but I did!" Jet the Hawk replied, pulling out a golden fragment. Printed on it was what looked like a tail on it. The pale man reached out, but Jet suddenly put it behind his back, "Hey, I don't work for free. First, I gotta get that treasure ya-OW!"
The wasp fluttered behind Jet and stung his hand. The hawk had released the coin, which the wasp grabbed. It fluttered over to the pale man before depositing it into his hand.
"Don't worry, my feathered friend, you'll get what's coming to you." The man chuckled.
"Yes, bird-boy will get what's coming to him." The wasp said.
The man pulled out another half of a medallion, which had a snake head on it. He put the two together, showing that they fit together like puzzle pieces. Suddenly, in a flash of golden light, an image shaped like a snake appeared. It let out an audible hiss before flying off into the sky.
"QUICK, FOLLOW IT!" the pale man shouted as he grabbed Jet and began running after the golden serpent.
The serpent trailed through the forest skies before coming to a halt at a cave's entrance in the middle of a clearing. It split in half, each half curling into a circle as the cave began to shake. The cave then tore free from the ground as a set of arms made completely of stone hoisted itself upwards, showing a large, swirling vortex in its chest. The pale man, wasp, and Jet arrived at the clearing and seeing the stone colossus.
"Yes, the legends were true. It DOES exist." The pale man said, voice filled with an excited awe, "The Portal of Riches!"
"Portal of Riches..." the wasp imitated.
The pale man then grabbed Jet by the neck, "Now, bring me the wand! Keep whatever treasure you want, but the want is MINE, remember!"
"Uh...sure." Jet said, in a timid voice. The pale man released him and he began to walk towards the stone giant.
"Ooh, bird-boy's going to get the wand!" the wasp snickered before asking, "Where did Orochimaru find bird-boy?"
"In the slums, apparently ex-communicated by the Sonic fandom." The pale man, Orochimaru, replied in a nonchalant voice.
Jet slowly approached the stone giant, who glared down at him and said, in a deep, bellowing voice, "Who summons the Portal?"
"Uh...hi, I'm Jet the Hawk, leader of the Babylon Rogues and I enjoy stealing treasure." Jet replied, nervously.
"Proceed with caution." The Portal stated, "Only one shall enter, one whose value is greater than expected—a gem amongst gravel!"
"O-kay, if ya say so." Jet said as he silently stepped toward the portal. He looked over at Orochimaru.
"Go on if you're not a coward." Orochimaru ordered.
Jet gulped and slowly stepped a foot into the portal. His foot vanished from view, but nothing seemed to happen. He sighed in relief until the Portal roared in what could be described as rage. Jet screamed and tried pulling his foot free, but to no avail. The portal began to slowly suck him in. Jet tried jumping away, but to no avail as he vanished, screaming as he did so.
"NO!" Orochimaru yelled as the Portal to Riches slowly began to sink back into the ground.
"Seek out the diamond among gravel..." it called out as the glow left its eyes and it was no more than a simple cave now.
"Ooh, this makes the fifth time Orochimaru and Waspinator fail!" The wasp shrieked as it shifted into a robot, still fluttering in the air, "First four times bad enough, but THIS time, Orochimaru came close!"
"Remain patient, Waspinator." Orochimaru stated, holding up the medallion, which had split in half, "Jet, it seems, was unsuited to this task."
"Ooh, Waspinator not surprised by THAT!" Waspinator said, "Waspinator feels like we STILL have big problem!"
POW!
Orochimaru punched the flying robot out of the air with no effort whatsoever.
"Our task is simple." Orochimaru stated, "We must find this one the Portal called a diamond among gravel..."